Tag Archives: birth

Jude's Birth Story – Our Doula's Perspective

I guess this would be considered a guest post! Our doula, Laura of Trinity Childbirth, wrote up a Birth Narrative to document our birth experience. I am so grateful to have another perspective to share, because honestly, I don’t remember everything that happened! On that note, here is Laura’s guest post: June 16, 2009 12:30am [...]

Jude's Birth Story – My Perspective

The contractions began at 4 am, June 15th – Jude’s due date. They started so small that I second-guessed myself for a little bit, but it is true when they say that you will KNOW when you’re starting to have contractions, and they do feel similar to menstrual cramps. I laid in bed trying to [...]

Hospital vs. Birthing Center

This is definitely a post I never thought I would be writing. As month 5 is halfway complete, I am more than halfway through this pregnancy. The most common questions I get asked on a day to day basis are, ‘how are you feeling? [fantastic now that I don't have a stomach virus]‘, ‘do you [...]